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Guatemalan Factory That Produced Lucky Brands, American Eagle, Hanesbrands, and Gillz Closed Owing Workers $1.4 Million in Severance

Industrial Hana, a garment factory in Guatemala, permanently closed operations in October 2023.

February 26, 2024
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More Justice, Less Fear, at Adidas Supplier in Cambodia

Trax Apparel—a sportswear factory in Cambodia, disclosed as a supplier to Triform Custom…

February 6, 2024
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Disastrous Outcome on Wages Made Worse by the Price Workers Are Paying for Speaking Out

Brands are facing final calls to use their leverage to influence the wage…

November 22, 2023
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Bangladesh Minimum Wage Negotiations Put Brands’ Living Wage “Commitments” to the Test

Poverty wages and high inflation, make substantial minimum wage increase for garment workers…

October 25, 2023
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First Pakistan Building Inspections Indicate Deadly Fire Hazards Are Widespread

The complex work of formally registering the Pakistan Accord as an entity able…

October 5, 2023
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Thai El Monte Garment Workers Inducted into US Labor Hall of Honor

Twenty-eight years ago last month, consumers opened their newspapers to learn that sweatshops…

September 18, 2023
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One Year Back Pay, Rehiring for Haitian Workers Fired over Wage Protest

After nearly a year of investigation and engagement by the WRC, Centri Group,…

July 14, 2023
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WRC Statement in Response to Murder of Shahidul Islam

The WRC stands with the international labor rights community in mourning and condemning…

June 28, 2023
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New Report Details Impact of Lesotho Anti-GBVH Program

A new report details the impact of the Lesotho…

May 4, 2023
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The Lesson of Rana Plaza: Corporate Self-Regulation Is a Formula for Disaster

The Rana Plaza factory collapse killed 1,138 workers, more than any other manufacturing…

April 21, 2023
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WRC Engagement with Target Secures Compensation for Seven Unlawfully Fired Employees, Restores Stolen Severance Rights for 400 Workers at Supplier JNB Global in Guatemala

JNB Global, a garment factory in Guatemala that supplies Target Stores, has provided…

March 2, 2023
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Hanesbrands Ensures Severance Paid to Haitian Factory Workers

In late August 2022, more than 800 workers at the apparel factory, GO…

September 30, 2022